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Burmese Squat Frog 
Glyphoglossus guttulatus
   
   

Family : MICROHYLIDAE
Species : Glyphoglossus guttulatus
Size (snout to vent) :  up to 12 cm ?

Glyphoglossus guttulatus (Burmese Squat Frog, Orange Burrowing Frog, Blotched Burrowing Frog) occurs in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos (see Amphibiaweb link below). Mybis website (see link below) also lists the species as native in Peninsular Malaysia.

This plump frog occurs in a range of forest types from lowlands to 400 metres elevation. Breeding takes place in shallow waterbodies where the tadpoles survive as suspension feeders. Emergents and adults inhabit forest floor leaf litter.

In Laos the species is known to occur in various forested habitats including riverine forest, seasonally dry dipterorcarp forest, mixed deciduous forest, seasonally flooded riparian forest, and disturbed secondary dry evergreen hill forest (Nguyen et al, 2020). 

This frog has a stocky body, with a short head and blunt snout. Its limbs are short, and its fingers and toes lack expanded discs. The dorsum is patterned with light brown and dark brown patches, typically with a symmetrical dark brown patch along the vertebral line.

Larger frogs are reportedly consumed by villagers in Cambodia and Laos. This has also been documented in Thailand, for example  villages surrounding the Yoddom Wildlife Sanctuary, northeastern Thailand, consume this frog, and 16 other species (Thongproh et al, 2019).


Figs 1 and 2 : Example from Siem Reap, Cambodia, measuring around 2 cm total length. It was found at the edge of secondary lowland forest. 

Fig 3 : Habitat of the example shown in figures 1 and 2; lowland secondary forest with accumulated leaf litter.

All photos thanks to Derek Clark.


References :

Nguyen TV, Brakels P, Maury N, Sudavanh S, Pawangkhanant P, Idiiatullina S, Lorphengsy S, Inkhavilay K, Suwannapoom C, Poyarkov NA. (2020). New herpetofaunal observations from Laos based on photo records. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(2) [General Section]: 218–249 (e248).

Thongproh, P., Duengkae, P., Ratree, P., Phetcharat, E., Kingwongsa, W., Jaitrong, W., ... & Chuaynkern, C. (2019). Species diversity and prey items of amphibians in Yoddom Wildlife Sanctuary, northeastern Thailand. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 20(9).


Links :

- Amphibiaweb - Glyphoglossus guttulatus

- MYBIS Malaysia - Glyphoglossus guttulatus

Fig 1
 
©  Derek Clark
Fig 2
 

©  Derek Clark

Fig 3 
 

©  Derek Clark